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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. PARKER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO F. BUHL & (10., OFSAME PLACE.

GARMENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 253,755, dated February14, 1882.

Application filed July 27,1881.

To all whom it may concern -Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PARKER, ofDetroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented anImprovement in Garments, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements in coats or sacks; and it consists in the employment of asupplemental flap or shield secured to the garment and adapted to closethe neck-opening of the same, as more fully hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claim.

The object of the invention is to provide a supplemental flap upon oneside of the garment, which is capable of being closed across the breastand afford protection to the throat and lungs at the point above whichthe garment meets when buttoned upon the wearer.

As ordinarily constructed garments of this class have no provided meansof protecting the throat and lungs, except by closing the collar, andinthis case necessarily destroying the fit of the garment and thegracefulness of the folds.

When it is not desired to use the flap for the purposefor which it isdesigned it may be folded back under the breast of the garment.

By this construction I provide a means of protecting the throat andlungs of the ,wearer without destroying the graceful tit and fold of therolling collar.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a fur sack provided with my improvement, andFig. 2 is a plan view of the supplemental flap or fly removed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form (No model.)

a part of this specification, A represents a garment or fur sackprovided with a rolling collar, B.

0 represents a supplemental flap or fly the outer face (when closedacross the lungs) of which is made of the same material as the sack.This fiy O is stitched upon one edge on the inside of the sack, asshown, the opposite 5 edge of which is provided with a suitablefastening for securing the fly to its open or adjusted position acrossthe lung at that point which is ordinarily left exposed in the cut ofthe garment.

I am aware that it is not new to provide tests with removable bosoms,and also that shirts have been provided with folding lapels forshielding the'chest ot' the wearer, and therefore I do not broadly claimeither of said inventions.

What I claim as my inventi m is- The coat A, provided with a fixedcollar or lapel, B,in combination with the triangular flap or shield G,permanently secured to the inte- 6o rior of the same at one side only,and provided with means for fastening at the opposite side, said flapbeing constructed to entirely close the opening in the coat below theneck of the wearer, and adapted to be folded under one side of the coat,whereby the flap can be used in cold Weather to close thebreast-opening, or in mild weather be folded back entirely out of view,substantially as described.

GEORGE W. PARKER.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. ScULLY.

